Celebrate good news!
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the explosion of the Challenger spacecraft that caused the death of several astronauts from NASA. It’s hard to believe […]
baptism
Into the Water Again
The last time I wrote about the baptism of Jesus I was accused of heresy and intellectual dishonesty.
Nail Polish and Parenting – Muddling Through
At the best of times, raising kids is a complicated business. In any given situation, multiple factors are at play: our own personalities, our children’s […]
Third Time Around
Yesterday, Plum was baptised. It was a bright day with a clear blue sky overhead. I thought that it felt a bit like Thanksgiving. Maybe […]
Visible Words
In the distant days of my first ministry, an elderly woman was transferred into the local seniors’ home. She was bedridden, somewhat deaf, nearly blind… and alone.
Part of the Family
As you can see I’ve really thought about today’s passage for The Lent Project. Not because there’s anything particularly hard about it, there isn’t. I think it’s the […]
Transparency in Parenting
Parenting can be a lonely business until you realize that others are in the boat with you.
Yarn and Thread
I’ve been getting a lot of donations recently from the congregation – crafty things for the Sunday School. Each Sunday, I seem to come home with more plastic bags of squishy things to be sorted through.
Staying Awake
I grew up in the Pentecostal church in Ottawa, but live in downtown Montreal where I am at school. I tried a few churches but […]
Thanksgiving
A couple of months ago, I went to the baptism of a little boy named Isaac. He is the son of good friends of mine and the happy first born in their family. The baptism wasn’t in a Presbyterian church, so some of the liturgical furniture was a little different. But that was all to the good.
Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan
Behind barbed wire, a grand baptismal complex dominates Israel’s riverbank, and beyond it a lookout sits on the crest of a hill. Near the place where the Prince of Peace may have been baptized, a soldier with a machine gun watches us impassively, and steps away from any cameras that happen to point his way.
Atheists ‘De-Baptised’
ENI—Jennifer Gray took a decisive step when she recently got “de-baptised” in Ohio, considering herself “a weak Christian” whose baptism at age 11 came to […]